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New app launched to verify pre-travel lateral flow tests

Regulation
Will Payne
26 August 2021

A new app which allows travellers to carry out pre-travel rapid antigen tests from home has launched in the UK.

Users take the test while the app records them, which is then verified by Certific’s medically supervised test control officers

App-based digital certification provider, Certific, said the new initiative brings a "number of benefits" to travellers, including a "tightly regulated, cost-effective, private and more reliable" testing certificate ahead of a holiday.

Once a user has obtained a qualifying lateral flow home test kit from a UK approved manufacturer, they download the Certific app and upload a photo along with personal details to verifying their identity. 

Then, following a step-by-step guide, users take the test while the app records them. The video of the test, along with the result, is verified by Certific’s medically supervised test control officers.